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Showing posts with label autumn leaves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label autumn leaves. Show all posts
Monday, November 27, 2017
Thursday, November 10, 2016
Thursday, November 3, 2016
Autumn In Dixie ...
“I
was born and raised on a Carolina sea island and I carried the sunshine of the
low-country, inked in dark gold, on my back and shoulders.”
~ Pat Conroy
~ 1945-2016
Autumn’s
colors dance with Spanish Moss in the Dixieland breeze on a sunlit October day
in the Lowcountry of Beaufort County, South Carolina.
The
Legend of the Spanish Moss
The
story says that Gorez Goz, a bearded Spanish villain, journeyed to our shores
and spied a beautiful Indian maid. He bought her for a yard of braid and a
little bar of soap.
The
Indian maid was so afraid of this bearded beast that she fled cover over the hill
and glade with him in pursuit. Tiring, she climbed to the top of a tree, with
the Spaniard close behind. She dove from the tree to the stream below. The
villian’s beard and whiskers became entangled in the branches holding him back
while she got away.
Gorez
Goz’s life was at a loss, but his beard lives on as dangling Spanish Moss!
Saturday, October 22, 2016
Moon Over October ...
"Summer ends, and autumn comes,
and he who would have it otherwise
would have high tide always and
a full moon every night."
~ Hal Borland
~ 1900-1978
~ American author, journalist & naturalist
The autumn leaves that top this tree seem to reach out to welcome the rising October moon on a beautiful evening at Trexler Memorial Park, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Monday, October 3, 2016
Autumn Country ...
“falling
leaves hide the path so quietly.”
~ John Bailey
~ "Autumn,"
a haiku year, 2001
It's indeed autumn country on a gorgeous October day at the historic Hopewell Farm. As sunset tiptoes closer, you can hear the wonderful crunch of leaves that sings of autumn and gently breaks the quiet as you walk the path by the Hopewell henhouse, where Dominique chickens dally before sundown.
It's indeed autumn country on a gorgeous October day at the historic Hopewell Farm. As sunset tiptoes closer, you can hear the wonderful crunch of leaves that sings of autumn and gently breaks the quiet as you walk the path by the Hopewell henhouse, where Dominique chickens dally before sundown.
Hopewell
Farm is part of Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site in southeastern Berks County near Elverson, Pennsylvania,
an example of an American 19th century rural “iron plantation.” The buildings
include a blast furnace, the ironmaster’s house and auxiliary structures
including a blacksmith’s shop, a company store and several worker’s houses.
Hopewell Furnace
was founded in 1771 by ironmaster Mark Bird for whom Birdsboro was named. The
site’s most prosperous time was during the 1820–1840 period with a brief boom
in production during the American Civil War. In the mid-19th century changes in
iron making, including a shift from charcoal to anthracite rendered smaller
furnaces like Hopewell obsolete. The site discontinued operations in 1883.
Today, Hopewell Furnace consists of 14 restored structures in the core historic area, 52 features on the List of Classified Structures, and a total of 848 mostly wooded acres. Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site is located in the Hopewell Big Woods and surrounded by French Creek State Park on three sides and the State Game Lands to the south which preserves the lands the furnace utilized for its natural resources.
Today, Hopewell Furnace consists of 14 restored structures in the core historic area, 52 features on the List of Classified Structures, and a total of 848 mostly wooded acres. Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site is located in the Hopewell Big Woods and surrounded by French Creek State Park on three sides and the State Game Lands to the south which preserves the lands the furnace utilized for its natural resources.
The Dominique, also known as Dominicker or Pilgrim Fowl, is a breed of chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus) originating in the United States
during the colonial period. It is considered America’s oldest breed of chicken,
probably descending from chickens brought to New England from southern England
during colonial times. By the 19th century, they were widely popular and were
raised in many parts of the country. Dominiques are a dual purpose breed, being
valued for their meat as well as for their brown eggs. They weigh 6 to 8 pounds
at maturity. In earlier times, their feathers were much sought after as
stuffing for pillows and mattresses.
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